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Remnants of 35W Bridge Given to Survivors

Minnesota transportation officials are distributing remnants of the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed in 2007.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says the material was distributed at its Oakdale facility from 3-7 p.m. Wednesday. Legislation passed this year specifies who's eligible for the steel, and MnDOT says it's contacted most of those people and groups.

Some 9 million pounds of rusting, lime-green steel are spread across two storage facilities. Whatever isn't claimed by Thanksgiving will be sold for scrap.